Potential direct fitness consequences of ornament-based mate choice in a butterfly

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1017-1026

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a,b   Macedonia, Joseph M ^b   Ball, Tamara S ^a   Rutowski, Ronald L ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coloration; Lepidoptera; Ornamentation; Sexual selection; Spermatophore; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; LONGEVITY; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PIGMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; COLIAS EURYTHEME; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 41049098439     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0529-5     Document Type: Article

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